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REVIEW: The Everyday Dancer – Deborah Bull
Deborah Bull was formerly a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, and her aim in this book is to give an idea about what a typical day (if one exists) in the life of a professional dancer in a large … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 New Reads, Non-fiction, Reviews
Tagged a dancer's life, ballet, Deborah Bull, history of ballet, Luke Jennings, performance, rehearsals
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Death at the Opera – Gladys Mitchell
(Vintage 2010, originally published 1934) Gladys Mitchell’s detective novels, featuring the gloriously eccentric Mrs (later Dame Beatrice) Bradley, seem to have fallen rather out of favour, and are just now being republished in a piecemeal fashion. Mrs Bradley is independently … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 New Reads, Crime fiction, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged acting, artist, brides in the bath, crush on a teacher, Gladys Mitchell, guilty secrets, Mrs Bradley, murder, performance, red herrings, school
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